Così la pandemia sta influenzando lo sviluppo dei neonati e dei bambini

$In this Monday, May 11, 2020 photo, a nurse, wearing a face mask and a shield to protect against coronavirus, carries baby Amine Tepe who was infected with COVID-19, as she is taken out of the intensive care unit following a week's treatment, at an Istanbul hospital. Tepe was diagnosed with coronavirus when she was 37 days old after contracting the virus from her parents according to doctors. The baby has been moved to a hospital ward. Turkey's government announced a \\\"normalization plan\\\" as the number of new virus cases declined last week but warned of tougher measures, if infections go up again. (Ibrahim Mase/DHA via AP)$

In this Monday, May 11, 2020 photo, a nurse, wearing a face mask and a shield to protect against coronavirus, carries baby Amine Tepe who was infected with COVID-19, as she is taken out of the intensive care unit following a week's treatment, at an Istanbul hospital. Tepe was diagnosed with coronavirus when she was 37 days old after contracting the virus from her parents according to doctors. The baby has been moved to a hospital ward. Turkey's government announced a "normalization plan" as the number of new virus cases declined last week but warned of tougher measures, if infections go up again. (Ibrahim Mase/DHA via AP)

16 febbraio 2022 • 12:31

Il Sars-CoV-2 causa negli adulti una malattia aggressiva e spesso letale. Resta da risolvere un quesito: il Covid può provocare danni anche nei neonati?
Sembra di sì. Ma a influire negativamente sullo sviluppo cerebrale del bambino pare non sia il Sars-CoV-2, piuttosto lo stress associato alla pandemia provato dei genitori.
Gran parte degli esperti pensano comunque che i bimbi che mostrano un ritardo nello sviluppo cognitivo poi si metteranno alla pari con gli altri, col passare dei mesi.